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Windows 7 setup is not obeying my unattended.xml
My setup of WDS:
unattended.xml:
- To have the entire Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) installation automated and zero-touch (except for the entering in of the license key and hostname
- The only tasks of a technician is to PXE boot the machine and enter in a hostname and license key
- We absolutely want to avoid setting up a reference VM and sysprepping; our RMM will handle post-OSD configuration automatically; WDS is responsible only for driver injections and automating the entire OSD
- To have a local administrative account .\tech created automatically
Windows 7 setup is not obeying my unattended.xml
My setup of WDS:
- Server CONTOSO-DC is domain controller for CONTOSO.COM with DNS and DHCP roles
- Server CONTOSO-WDS is WDS server
- PXE booting works with great success
- Grabbed Windows 7 Professional ISO from company Microsoft VLSC, imported install.wim and boot.wim into WDS
- Constructed unattend.xml using Windows SIM, modified properties of Windows 7 x64 install image to load my unattend.xml
- WDS (WinPE?) asks me to set locale, keyboard, language, login with CONTOSO.COM\Administrator, and select image (I only have one image, it shouldn't ask me anything)
- OS setup asks me to set locale, keyboard, language
- OS setup asks me to select disk to install on
- Local user and administrative account 'tech' isn't created
- Hostname is not changed
unattended.xml:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>tech</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<LogonCount>1</LogonCount>
<Username>tech</Username>
</AutoLogon>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
</OOBE>
<UserAccounts>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Password>
<Value>tech</Value>
<PlainText>false</PlainText>
</Password>
<Group>Administrators</Group>
<Name>tech</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-us</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="windowsPE">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SetupUILanguage>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DiskConfiguration>
<Disk wcm:action="add">
<CreatePartitions>
<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
<Extend>true</Extend>
<Order>1</Order>
<Type>Primary</Type>
</CreatePartition>
</CreatePartitions>
<ModifyPartitions>
<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
<Active>true</Active>
<Extend>false</Extend>
<Format>NTFS</Format>
<Label>Windows</Label>
<Letter>C</Letter>
<Order>1</Order>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</ModifyPartition>
</ModifyPartitions>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
</Disk>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</DiskConfiguration>
<UserData>
<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
<ProductKey>
<WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
</ProductKey>
</UserData>
<ImageInstall>
<OSImage>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
</OSImage>
</ImageInstall>
</component>
<WindowsDeploymentServices>
<ImageSelection>
<InstallTo>
<DiskID>0</DiskID>
<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
</InstallTo>
<InstallImage>
<ImageGroup>Windows 7 x64</ImageGroup>
<ImageName>Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL</ImageName>
</InstallImage>
</ImageSelection>
<Login>
<Credentials>
<Password>testadmin</Password>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
<Domain>CONTOSO.COM</Domain>
</Credentials>
</Login>
</WindowsDeploymentServices>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ComputerName>BENCH-*</ComputerName>
<TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:c:/imaging/win7/iso/sources/install_windows 7 professional.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
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